<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="Clarissa">Dear GWAMIT Members,</p><p class="Clarissa"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class="Clarissa">Enjoy the Week!</p><p class="Clarissa"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">The GWAMIT Board<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="Clarissa">Visit us at: <a href="http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit"><span style="color:windowtext">http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit</span></a></p><p class="Clarissa">Send your ideas to: <a href="mailto:gwamit-exec@mit.edu"><span style="color:windowtext">gwamit-exec@mit.edu</span></a></p><p class="Clarissa">Send your announcements to: <a href="mailto:gwamit-sec@mit.edu"><span style="color:windowtext">gwamit-sec@mit.edu</span></a></p>

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</div><p class="Clarissa"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class="Clarissa">========</p><p class="Clarissa">IN BRIEF</p><p class="Clarissa">========</p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Notices:<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:

Calibri">1. <span style="mso-bidi-font-size:18.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:

Arial">The International Graduate Student Mentorship Program</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Events:<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="Clarissa">2. [Tue 8/3]<span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"> The

Nuts and Bolts of an Academic Job Search (3:30 – 5 pm, 32-123)</span></p><p class="Clarissa"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class="Clarissa">=====================</p><p class="Clarissa">FULL ANNOUNCEMENTS</p><p class="Clarissa">=====================</p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">1. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:

normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:18.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The

International Graduate Student Mentorship Program</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:18.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> helps new

incoming graduate students transition to graduate student life at MIT. We pair

the student with a current graduate student or alumnus according to MIT

department, country of origin, interests, etc. The incoming student will be in

e-mail contact with his/her mentor during the summer prior to arriving at MIT.

During the fall Orientation, the new student will have the opportunity to meet

his/her mentor at the International Dance Festival and Mentorship Mixer,

September 11th 6-9 pm (W20).</span></p><p class="Clarissa">Sign up at <a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFVmX1hlOXA5SXJPc1Jyb0RqS3dBQ1E6MQ"><span style="color:#0017F8">http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFVmX1hlOXA5SXJPc1Jyb0RqS3dBQ1E6MQ</span></a>

by <b>August 15, 2010</b>.&nbsp; Matches will be made shortly after the signup

deadline and will be communicated by email.&nbsp; Thanks and we hope to see you

at the September mixer!</p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">2. Academic Career Series: "The

Nuts and Bolts of an Academic Job Search" <o:p></o:p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">When:<span style="mso-bidi-font-family:

Helvetica"> Tuesday, August 3, 3:30pm - 5:00pm <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Where:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:

Helvetica"> 32-123 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Contact:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"> Simona Nedelcu or Sumeet Kumar at </span><a href="mailto:gsc-arc@mit.edu"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;

color:#2650AA">gsc-arc@mit.edu</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:

Helvetica">  <o:p></o:p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Register:<span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"> <a href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:

13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#2650AA">https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student/</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"> , under

Workshops, Career Fairs and Events<span style="mso-bidi-font-family:

Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa">Considering an academic career? Wondering how to mount a successful

job search in a highly competitive academic job market? Come and hear how

others have done it.</p><p class="Clarissa">This seminar

will feature faculty panelists who successfully landed a position. Speakers

will outline an effective search strategy, and provide insight into the faculty

selection process, priorities of faculty/academic search committees compared

with industrial organizations, academic job interviewing techniques, and how

the increasingly competitive job market is changing the faculty search process.</p><p class="Clarissa">Panelists will be:</p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:

Helvetica">- <b>Jeffrey M. Karp</b>, PhD, Assistant Professor at the

Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology<o:p></o:p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:

Helvetica">- Armando Solar-Lezama, PhD, Assistant Professor at MIT,

Computer Aided Programming Group, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence

Laboratory<o:p></o:p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:

Helvetica">-<b>Cullen Buie</b>, PhD, Assistant Professor at MIT, Department of

Mechanical Engineering  <o:p></o:p><p class="Clarissa">Sponsors: MIT Career Development Center, Postdoc Advisory Council,

Graduate Student Council</p>

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